SC Refuses Review of Hanging as Method of Execution; Keeps Future Challenge Open
The Supreme Court declined to reconsider the constitutional validity of hanging as the method of execution for death sentences in India. The
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“Not a single instance of a botched execution in India”: SC declines to refer Deena’s ‘Hanging-Method’ ruling to Larger Bench for reconsideration
A three-Judge Bench of the Supreme Court in Deena v. Union of India, (1983) 4 SCC 645, specifically analysed and evaluated comparative merits of different methods of execution of death sentence and upheld the constitutional validity of hanging as mode of execution of death penalty.
Orissa HC: Technical defects cannot defeat decree execution; Order 21 CPC excludes Res Judicata principle
“In case of passing an order to drop the execution proceedings on the ground of any technicality, the Judgment Debtor is not precluded under law to file a fresh application for execution providing correct particulars for making the execution petition executable.”